Pirates of the Caribbean. Haunted Mansion. Adventure Thru Inner Space. These are a few of the attractions that X Atencio helped create. The first part of his story--from animation inbetweener to Imagineer--is an hour-long podcast posted this month. Episode 044....

In 1932, the Technicolor Corporation created a unique process system to present full-color presentations using images captured only on black-and-white film. Instead of looking to one of the major studios to premiere their full-color process, they looked to Walt...

Pandora in Panos by Todd James Pierce Our current series on the DHI Podcast explores how Pandora is an extension of Walt Disney’s original design approach for the theme parks. To help illustrate this discussion, I’m posting up a dozen or so panos of Pandora that I...

The Road to Pandora - Parts 1 and 2 by Todd James Pierce The strange story of how the Walt Disney Company finally built Pandora, the World of Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Links to Episode 040 and 41 - The Road to Pandora - Parts 1 and 2: iTunes:...

Woman on a Wire Part 2 by Todd James Pierce On the DHI podcast this month, we continue our story of Women on a Wire, tales of aerialists who rode the wire as Tinkerbell at Disneyland. In this episode, we focus on Mimi Zerbini, the second woman to play the pixie. To...

Jack of All Trades - Conversations with Disney Legend Ken Anderson by Paul F. Anderson For a limited time, the publisher of Jack of All Trades by our own Paul F. Anderson will be reduced to 99 cents for the Kindle edition and $9.99 for the paperback edition. Find it...

DHI Podcast 037 - Women on a Wire - Part 1 The surprising story of the 70-year-old woman who flew as Disneyland’s first Tinkerbell. iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/j34rl38 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=85297&refid=stpr GooglePlay:...

DHI Podcast 035 - Project Spring In the early 1960s, Walt Disney explored building a tourist attraction in Monterey, California. The story of that never-built project on the DHI Podcast. iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/j34rl38 Stitcher:...